Top FSU signee Matthew Thomas wants out of scholarship

6:36 AM,
May 7, 2013

Linebacker Matthew Thomas is shown after choosing FSU on signing day.

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Democrat staff report

Matthew Thomas, who was the highest-rated prospect to sign with Florida State this past February, has told Jimbo Fisher's staff he wants to be released from his scholarship so he can attend another school, the Miami Herald reported Monday afternoon.

Thomas, rated a five-star linebacker by several recruiting services during his senior year at Miami's Booker T. Washington High, chose FSU on National Signing Day over Miami, Georgia, Southern Cal and others.

But the nation's No. 2 outside linebacker told the Herald on Monday that he never really wanted to sign with the Seminoles. ...